Rev. Betty Sivis
August 18, 2024
Proverbs 8:1, 22-33, 9:1,2
Today's Bulletin
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Today's scripture is from JPS Hebrew-English Tanakh translation:
Proverbs 8:1, 22-33, 9:1,2
It is Wisdom calling, Understanding raising her voice.
“The LORD created me at the beginning of His course
As the first of His works of old.
In the distant past I was fashioned,
At the beginning, at the origin of earth.
There was still no deep when I was brought forth,
No springs rich in water;
Before [the foundations of] the mountains were sunk,
Before the hills I was born.
He had not yet made earth and fields,
Or the world’s first clumps of clay.
I was there when He set the heavens into place;
When He fixed the horizon upon the deep;
When He made the heavens above firm,
And the fountains of the deep gushed forth;
When He assigned the sea its limits,
So that its waters never transgress His command;
When He fixed the foundations of the earth,
I was with Him as a little child,
A source of delight every day,
Rejoicing before Him at all times,
Rejoicing in His inhabited world,
Finding delight with mankind.
Now, sons, listen to me;
Happy are they who keep my ways.
Heed discipline and become wise;
Do not spurn it.
Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn her seven pillars. She has prepared the feast,
Mixed the wine, And also set the table.
